Yep, I need to get some calcium pills, i think. Or just get into the habit of drinking milk! I was lactose intolerant until pregnancy, so I'm just not in the habit!

The dentist was pretty upfront, and very very informative.

He asked me about my tooth grinding before he'd even looked at my teeth! Apparently he could tell simply from looking at my face, and my jaw muscles

Having no knowledge of any tooth grinding, I waited until he looked at my teeth, and he confirmed that yes, I apparently have a really bad tooth grinding issue, and should get some advice about different guards to wear overnight pretty soon, before my teeth are ground down to dust ...

He also said that the kind of hole I had was caused not just by the grinding, but also probably sugar, and not enough flossing.

I'm a pretty good flosser, but he said I should be doing it at LEAST once a day, and that also made me realise that my brekky is probably a real problem - because I usually have usually have oats with sultanas and a little honey, or raisin toast, and I have it with coffee (black, no sugar) and berocca (no sugar in them either) but I have brekky at work, and don't brush my teeth until before bed ... so I should really get some toothpaste and a toothbrush to live at work.

And yeah, stop grinding! No idea what to do about that.

It ended up being about $400 for two fillings (the neighbouring tooth had copped some damage too, so I got that done at the same time, rather than needing to come back in 6 months for it), 4 anaesthetics (which made the rest of the day tricky!!) and got to work about 3 hours later than usual.

But I'm just so incredibly glad that I was able to get seen to so quickly, and now it's all sorted out ahead of my work trip.

All my prayers answered